(Professional Services Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Members of the OASIS international standards consortium have approved the Biometric Identity Assurance Services (BIAS) SOAP Profile as an OASIS Standard, a status that signifies the highest level of ratification.

According to a release, the BIAS SOAP Profile defines a method for performing biometric operations within a Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) using XML and SOAP Web services messaging.

The BIAS SOAP Profile is a specific implementation (or binding) of ANSI INCITS 442-2010. The INCITS standard defines the requirements for BIAS operations and data elements, which can be implemented using any encoding scheme or messaging protocol, whereas the OASIS standard defines a conformant implementation. These SOAP- based services enable a software application (requester) to invoke biometric identity assurance operations provided by a local or remote BIAS service provider (responder).

"Biometric systems are becoming more complex as they are integrated into larger identity management and credentialing systems. They are increasingly being used in large-scale systems built on an SOA," explained Kevin Mangold of the US NIST, co-chair of the OASIS BIAS Integration Technical Committee. "In these environments, the BIAS SOAP Profile makes it possible for data to be shared and resources and services to be reused within and across organizations."
OASIS is a not-for-profit, international consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of open standards for the global information society. OASIS promotes industry consensus and produces worldwide standards for identity, security, cloud computing, business transactions, Smart Grid, content management, and other applications.

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